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North Korea conducted one of its most provocative ballistic missile tests earlier today, causing the markets to slide.

Investors are concerned that the latest test will provoke reactions from the US, particularly as the last time the communist nation tested a missile, the two states were threatening each other with nuclear war.

The US should know that it can neither browbeat the DPRK (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) with any economic sanctions and military and blackmail nor make the DPRK flinch from the road chosen by itself.

What has happened in the markets?

Japan’s Nikkei 225, Japan’s version of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, closed down 0.45 percent earlier today. As well, South Korea’s stock exchange, the Kospi, lost 0.23 percent at the day’s end.

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When the US markets open later today, the Dow Jones is expecting a 118 point decline as a result of the actions by North Korea and the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, the worst storm to hit the US in 12 years.

However, gold is currently trading at a nine-month high. Investors are choosing to put their money in the precious metal because of market uncertainties over international relations.

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